// Bristleback plugin - Copyright (c) 2010 bristleback.googlecode.com
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package pl.bristleback.server.bristle.config;

import pl.bristleback.server.bristle.actions.RemoteActionInformation;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Classes implementing this interface must provide a way to retrieve annotated action classes.
 * Any additional information required for implementation to work can be taken from plugin configuration.
 * Those plugin settings are taken from jwebsocket configuration file.
 * <p/>
 * Created on: 2010-09-03 16:04:22 <br/>
 *
 * @author Wojciech Niemiec
 */
public interface ActionAnnotationsProcessor {

  /**
   * Gets list of annotated actions bound into {@link RemoteActionInformation} objects.
   *
   * @param configuration Bristleback plugin configuration.
   * @return list of annotated actions information.
   */
  List<RemoteActionInformation> getAnnotatedActions(BristleConfiguration configuration);
}
